Speaking Engagements

Leadership Development

Find out why Chevron, the Gap, General Dynamics, and others have Jeff Evans traveling the globe to speak on leadership and transformational change.

Change, leadership, and inspiration. Most people think that you have to be born to lead. The truth is, everyone is born to lead. This secret is in knowing how to tap that part of yourself on command, in any situation. Look for your audience to leave with these things:

At least one "ahha" that will be useful from the moment they walk out of the room.
An eye-opening adventure that explains many things about relationships - both work and personal - that may have seemed to be complete mysteries before.
Simple methods of leadership that apply at the top of the largest corporations as well as in a team in the smallest.

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Jeff's message is to leaders in all walks of life. Disconnecting leadership from positional authority, he instead talks about leading as a passion –as inspiration – that actually creates our personal authority to lead. More than anything else leadership is about who we are and how others experience us. Each of has the innate capability to lead through the heart as well as the head. His work will amuse, enthuse, and inspire you to find your highest path.

Professional Background

Jeff has been a key presenter at numerous conferences in the areas of leadership or change, organization development, and large-scale change methodologies. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in education and social sciences, including a Ph.D. in Educational Human Resource Development from Texas A&M. He completed a 3 Year Post-Graduate track in organization development at the Gestalt Institute inCleveland and has done post-doctoral work in behavioral systems, organizations, the psychology of group dynamics, and emotional intelligence. He is also a Certified Hypnotherapist and a Master Practitioner in NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP). He has developed and taught extension courses through UC Berkeley’s College of Business in Systems Thinking, Managing Change, and Consulting Skills. Add to that experience as an industrial fire-fighter and ratings as a commercial pilot and flight instructor and you have a rich tapestry of experience that can find an edge with any audience.

During his professional career, Jeff has coached leaders of some of the largest corporations in the world, many of whom lead global organizations spanning over 100 counties. He has also consulted on new organization designs and startups, large group change methodologies, and joint ventures and alliances in international and global settings. While he currently focuses on executive coaching, his client base has ranged from international executive teams to manufacturing management teams in retail, manufacturing, information technology, telecommunications, research and development, as well as oil and gas exploration.

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